Knockdown barrel



Dec. 30, 1924.

I 1,521,108 J. H. KILLION KNOCKDOWN BARREL Filed May 24, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A TTOR/VEYS' Patented Dec. 30, 1924.

ITE STATE JOHN H. KILLION, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

KNOCKIDOWN BARREL.

Application filed May 24, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. KILLION, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Knockdown Barrels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in knockdown barrels, and more particularly that type of barrel which is intended for shipment to the user in the knockdown condition, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a barrel of the character described which is constructed entirely of sheet metal using as few as four pieces of metal.

A further object of my invention is to pro- .vide a barrel of the character described which, when in a knockdown condition, may be nested with other barrels of the same character, thus greatly facilitating shipment. It is well known that space required for shipment is a most important factor in the economical production and delivery of barrels to the user.

A further object of my invention is to provide a barrel of the character described which may be quickly and easily assembled after shipment at little expense.

A further object of my invention is to provide a barrel of the character described which is constructed to Withstand extremely heavy uses, and which will not collapse under excessive end strain, such as might occur in the dropping of the barrel from a conveyance to the ground.

A further object of my invention is to provide a barrel of the character described in which the hoops are formed as an integral part of the body portion of the barrel, thereby precluding the trouble ordinarily present in the barrels employing independent hoops, both in the assembly of the barrel and in adjustment of the hoops after the barrel is assembled.

A further object of my invention is to provide a barrel of the character described in which the heads may be readily removed and replaced.

A further object of my invention is to provide a barrel of the character described which is liquid-tight, durable, and thoroughly practical for the purpose intended.

Serial No. 641,212.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which Figure 1 is a partial sectional view of an embodiment of my invention,

Figure 2 is a top plan View of the barrel illustrated in Figure l with the head secured in place,

Figure 3 is an elevation of a portion of the locking mechanism employed on the body member of the barrel,

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view along the line eL-L of Figure 2,

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a nliodified form of the head locking means, {111C Figure 6 is a view of the mechanism illustrated in Figure 5 with the head locked in place.

In carrying out my invention, I make use of sheet metal of which the entire barrel is constructed. The first part 1, which I choose to call the body portion, is formed of flat sheet metal to the shape generally indicated in Figure l with the outer peripheral edges thereof turned outwardly and against the convex side of the barrel, as shown at .2'.

Integral hoop portions 3 are formed in the body portion 1 by bending adjacent portions of the body against the outer convex surface of the body member, as shown in Figure 1. These hoop portions 3 are possessed of a maximum degree of rigidity due to the fact that the body portion 1 is tubular in construction and that the hoop portions are integral parts of the body portion 1. If the barrel is to be employed for the shipment of liquids, or the like, the adjacent edges l: of the body portion 1 within the barrel are soldered to one another, a. portion of the solder being permitted to permeate the interior of the hoop portions 3. This structure, i. e., the introduction of soft solder to the hoops 3, great ly adds to the rigidity of the hoops.

The portions of the body member 1 on either side of the hoops 3 and the head portion of the body member, is corrugated, as shown at This corrugation is arranged to extend longitudinally of the body portion and is also intended to assist materially in lending rigidity to the body member.

the-body portion 1 against movement rela- =tive to one another and for hermetically sealing the opening therebetween, is provided in inwardly bent members 7 integral .with the body portion 1 and arranged to ner surface of the body member 1,

extend substantially parallel with the inwportions 7 are each-provided with staggered recesses 8 inthe outer edges thereof.

1 A- locking member 9 (see Figure 3) having the shape of an angular tube slit longitudinally on one of its greater siderwalls, as: indicated at 10, 18 arranged to receive the i, portions 7 of the'bodyunember 1. The adjacent edges of the tubular-member 9 are also provided with recessess 11 arranged in staggered relation to one another and cor-' responding to the staggered recesses "8 on the portions 7.

This locking member 9, when moved intoengagement longitudinally wlth the portions .7, serves effectively to prevent movement of the portions 7 apart from one another and therefore the fixing of the adjacent number of the barrels in a-kncckdown conedges 6 to the body member 1.

To hermetically seal the opening between the adjacent edges 6, I-introduce soft solder through the 'outer crevice between the adjacent edges 6," so that the solder'may permeate the entire trackoccupied by the portions 7 within the tubular member 9:.

It will be noted that the recesses '8' and 11 -orerlie one another, and therefore the soli 12; and 13 are arranged to be driven down upon'the'lapped peripheral portions2 of the body member 1 after the body member has been assembled as heretofore described. "Means for locking the heads 12 and 13- "der withinthetubular member 9 virtually forms'pins' which extend through thealined recesses 8-11, therebypositively preventagainst movement from the body member 1 is provided in a plurality of locking memhers 15 (seeFigure 2). These members 15 are merely strips ofsheet metal, which, as illustrated in Figure 4,-are slipped with one end 16 between the lapped peripheral "edges 2 on the outer surface ofthe-body member 1. I The head 12 or 13 is then driven n place and the strip 15 is bent over the outer wall of the head 12 or 13 and down- These 'wa'rdly, as shown at 17, upon the end or ment'fromthe body member 1. There are three of the strips 15 employed, disposed substantially 120 degrees apart from the circumference of the heads 12 and 13.

' If the barrel is to be used for conveying liquids or any substance which might seep through the relatively narrow crevices between the heads 1213 and the body member 1, a packing ring may be employed and disposed in the arcuate inner recess 18 of each of: the head members 12-and 13. It should be noted also that if the shipper so desires, the heads 12-13:1nay bes oldered directly to the lapped portions 2, although 1 have provided another form of locking mechanism which is more readilyadapted to the use of solder than a seal for the head. This form will be hereinafter described.

From-the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the. .operation thereof may be readily understood Let us assume that a shipment in a portion of the countryremote from the factory inwhich the barrels are to be constructed, is \desired. Obviously the shipping charges will be an importantfactor in the successful use of the barrels. To this end I have devised barrel which may be shipped in aaminimuni amount of space, i and therefore a great dition my be placed in a single car. This isdone by nesting the unassembledbody portions 1 with one another and by nesting the heads 1213 one Within the other. It will be noted that this ispossible' since the sidewalls of the heads 12 and 13 flare-outwardly slightly and may therefore beclassed as tapering :side 'wals. i -The strips 9- obviously occupy small 1 amount of spa'ce and may 'be pla'ced. w-ithin the nesting body members 1.

i WVhen the barrels have beenireceived in a knockdown condition, it is a: relatively simple task to 'move the adjacentvedges 6 of the body member 1 in close. proximity V with one another, to slide the members 9 over the flaps 7, to introduce solder in the crevices betweenthe' adjacent edges 6, and

thereby complete the .body member of the barrel. V

Theheads are: then employed in.the:man ner described, i. e;, by introducing the strips 15 between the lapped portions 2 and the outer surface of the barrel 1 and subsequently driving the heads 1213 over. the lapped portions 2 and witliia-toolybending the strips 15 over the outersurface ofthe heads in the manner-shown in .Figure 2.

he barrel is then. ready for use.

In Figures 5=and 6 .1 have shown-a. modified': form ofxthebody; portion'l, in which means is provided for effectively sealing the heads 1213 to the body member 1. This structure consists in the extension of the overlapped portion 2 away from the body member 1, as shown at 19, and subsequent ly upwardly, parallel with the outer face of the barrel. The head portion 1213 is then driven between the adjacent sides of the overlapped portion 2 and the portion 20 thereof, after which the upper extremity 21 (see Figure of the portion is rolled over the head 13 in the manner shown in Figure 6 and that crevice between the portion 21 and the outer surface of the head is soldered, thus forming an effective seal between the heads and the body member 1.

I claim:

1. A barrel of the type described having a body member of substantially the shape of a split annulus, the adjacent edges of said body member being turned inwardly and parallel to the inner side wall of said body member, said turned in edges having spaced apart recesses therein, and a tubular cylinder member having a longitudinal slit for receiving the inwardly turned portions o'l said body member, said tubular member having spaced apart recesses therein at the edges of said longitudinal slit, whereby cementitious material may be introduced within said tubular member to hermetically seal the side walls of the annulus and to be partially received in said recesses, whereby longitudinal movement of said tubular member isprecluded.

2. A barrel of the type described having a body member of substantially the shape of a split annulus, the adjacent edges of said body member being turned inwardly and parallel to the inner side wall of said body member, said turned in edges having spaced apart recesses therein, and a tubular cylinder member having a longitudinal slit for receiving the inwardly turned portions of said body member, said tubular member having spaced apart recesses therein at the edges of said longitudinal slit, said recesses in said body member and said tubular member being in registration with one another when said tubular member is in place upon the inwardly turned portions of the body member, whereby cementitious material may be introduced within said tubular member to hermetically seal the side walls of the annulus and to be partially received in said recesses, whereby longitudinal move ment of said tubular member is precluded.

3. A barrel of the type described having a body member substantially the shape of a split annulus, the adjacent edges of said body member being turned inwardly and parallel to the inner wall of said body mem ber, said inwardly turned edges having spaced apart recesses therein, a tubular cylinder member having a longitudinal slit, for receiving the inwardly turned portions of said body member, said tubular member having recesses in the adjacent edges or the slit therein arranged to register with the recesses in the inwardly turned portions oi. said body member, whereby cementitious material may be introduced within said tubular member to hermetically seal the side walls of said annulus and to virtually form locking portions of the cementitious material projected into the aligned recesses, removable members for said body member, and means for securing said members against movement from said body member.

JOHN H. KILLION 

